FOX Grants 'Gotham' a Full Series Order & Releases First Official Trailer

FOX is officially in the Batman business! The network announced that the highly antcipated Batman prequel 'Gotham' has been given the greenlight for a full series order of at least 13 episodes, proving that the world's superhero craze is far from over.

Fronted by 'Southland' star and former 'O.C.' vet Ben McKenzie (as a young police detective James Gordon), 'Gotham' is described as “an origin story of the great DC Comics super-villains and vigilantes, revealing an entirely new chapter that has never been told.”

And indeed it shall. Aside from the future police commissioner, the series will look to introduce a bevy of recognizable faces well before they ever had any encounter with the soon-to-be legendary Dark Knight.

Written by 'The Mentalist' creator Bruno Heller, who will also executive-produce with 'Nikita's Danny Cannon and John Stephens, the series joins FOX's previously ordered new drama series 'Backstrom' and 'Hieroglyph.'

Along with this exciting news, FOX has also unleashed the show's first official extended trailer, which premiered during tonight's debut of '24: Live Another Day.' (Why hello, Poison Ivy!) Feast your eyes on the glory of 'Gotham':

I'll skip it. A serialized show on FOX has no chance. It will be shown out of order. It will be cancelled prematurely. They will muck with the plot and kill character development. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me a dozen times, shame on me. Never again, FOX. If it makes it to season 5, I'll get the DVDs from the library.

"They order a full series and then they cancel the show after one season." Not true! They will show 3 episodes then cancel it. 8 months later the other un-aired episodes will leak to the internet. It's a tried and tested formula to piss people off.

Paolo30 Level 2 (34%)Points: 0.2Mood: adventurousSince: 25/Sep/10

Message Posted On May 5th, 2014, 4:03 pm

My thought aswell, GG Fox

Valorsolo Level 1 (52%)Since: 05/Aug/13

Message Posted On May 5th, 2014, 1:34 pm

Too bad it's on Fox, it could have been a good one. A new show on Fox is like being born with a terminal disease. Kelly may as well have written 'Cancelled after season one' in the topic title.

I'll wait till I hear if it's coming back for season two, then watch season one.

davidh Level 1 (4%)Since: 13/Nov/13

Message Posted On May 5th, 2014, 12:38 pm

They order a full series and then they cancel the show after one season :P